Cars at PHX (Phoenix Airport)
Feb 24, 2015, 3:05 pm
#391
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 153
Maserati
Last night (Feb 23) they had the Ghibli in the Emerald VIP section. Not sure as an EX whether I could have driven it off. In the ES they had a number of Pathfinders, new Cherokees, large Chevy SUV's, and Nissan 370's (I took one). I thought I also saw 2 BMW's being driven off as I arrived.
Feb 24, 2015, 3:12 pm
#392
Join Date: Sep 2007
Programs: DL Silver, AS MVP, UA Silver, HHonors Diamond, Marriott Plat, SPG Plat, National Exec Elite
Posts: 3,883
Hope the selection is as good when I land in a couple of hours... I'd probably take the Z if I wasn't going to be with my boss (the type that always takes an Impala Limited off of EA regardless of being EE).
Feb 26, 2015, 12:24 pm
#393
Join Date: Sep 2007
Programs: DL Silver, AS MVP, UA Silver, HHonors Diamond, Marriott Plat, SPG Plat, National Exec Elite
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Tuesday night ~6pm was pretty bleak... ES was only 5 cars (Malibu, Altima, Charger, two Sonatas) and EA was pretty much 200s. There were, however, 5 Ghiblis lined up in PS with another in VIP. I was on an LCAR res and, to my surprise, there were actually cars in ER-LUX... though they were a pair of Cadillac SRXs that didn't do much for me. I tried negotiating a Ghibli without the PS charge without any luck (I was less disapointed when I peaked inside and saw how much they raided the Chrysler parts bin). There was a nice clean Lacrosse in ER-PREM that I ended up taking without much disappointment since it's pretty much my favorite PCAR now that the Genesis is all but gone and the Cadenza is a rare bird.
Mar 5, 2015, 5:39 am
#394
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: PHX & AGP
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Last night (Feb 23) they had the Ghibli in the Emerald VIP section. Not sure as an EX whether I could have driven it off. In the ES they had a number of Pathfinders, new Cherokees, large Chevy SUV's, and Nissan 370's (I took one). I thought I also saw 2 BMW's being driven off as I arrived.
Mar 5, 2015, 5:42 am
#395
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This past weekend, ES lots of Chevy Impala's, 1 300, got a Impala, 750 miles, boring car. I wanted a Ghibli but not on this rental... Lots of Mini Van's I would say roughly 15, 5 Suburbans, 8 Tahoe's.
Mar 5, 2015, 4:53 pm
#396
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: GEG
Programs: Hilton Diamond, Hertz PC, Delta Silver
Posts: 475
Friday the 27th around 10:30pm. ES had a Ram 1500 and a couple sedans (I think a Mercedes or Lincoln??). Didn't pay a lot of attention to ES, since I am EA. on the EA aisle there were about 8-10 Hyundai Sonatas, plus a Nissan Altima and a Toyota Camry LE with 500 miles on it. I took the Camry. Not a lot of cars on the aisle and definitely not a lot of selection, but I was pretty happy with the Camry.
Obviously not National's fault, but the Toyota Camry had this annoying Eco light that kept coming on. It was just bright enough to be distracting and annoying.
Obviously not National's fault, but the Toyota Camry had this annoying Eco light that kept coming on. It was just bright enough to be distracting and annoying.
Mar 6, 2015, 4:02 pm
#397
Used to be MBS PremExec
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Saginaw, MI (MBS)
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Huge selection in ES on 3/6...As reported above, many SUVs. My friend and I are here for a baseball weekend, so we wanted something cool and fast. Was popping into a Dodge Challenger when they rolled up a Mustang convertible. Quickly grabbed it before 3 other circling "vultures" (like myself) were able to. It had 900 miles on it and is fully loaded.
Last edited by MBS MillionMiler; Mar 6, 2015 at 4:08 pm
Mar 8, 2015, 9:47 pm
#398
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: SFO
Programs: UA 1k; AA Ex Plat; National Exe; Marriott Gold; IHG Gold
Posts: 11
Picked up this morning at 11am (3/8). Never seen such a poor selection. Luckily I had a premium reservation (ended up being $10 less than Midsize with a coupon!)
Emerald Aisle- Empty
Executive:
1 Camero
1 altama
1 santa fe
1 sonata
1 enclave (brought out while I was looking)
Premium
2 Avalons (1 2014, 1 2015)
Took a 2015 Avaon XLE Touring with working XM, NAV, Moonroof
Emerald Aisle- Empty
Executive:
1 Camero
1 altama
1 santa fe
1 sonata
1 enclave (brought out while I was looking)
Premium
2 Avalons (1 2014, 1 2015)
Took a 2015 Avaon XLE Touring with working XM, NAV, Moonroof
Mar 8, 2015, 9:57 pm
#399
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Paradise
Posts: 1,617
Picked up this morning at 11am (3/8). Never seen such a poor selection. Luckily I had a premium reservation (ended up being $10 less than Midsize with a coupon!)
Emerald Aisle- Empty
Executive:
1 Camero
1 altama
1 santa fe
1 sonata
1 enclave (brought out while I was looking)
Premium
2 Avalons (1 2014, 1 2015)
Took a 2015 Avaon XLE Touring with working XM, NAV, Moonroof
Emerald Aisle- Empty
Executive:
1 Camero
1 altama
1 santa fe
1 sonata
1 enclave (brought out while I was looking)
Premium
2 Avalons (1 2014, 1 2015)
Took a 2015 Avaon XLE Touring with working XM, NAV, Moonroof
Mar 10, 2015, 11:07 am
#400
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: SFO
Programs: UA 1k; AA Ex Plat; National Exe; Marriott Gold; IHG Gold
Posts: 11
Mar 13, 2015, 8:12 am
#401
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: PHX
Programs: MR Plat, HH Gold, AA Gold, UA Silver
Posts: 50
Slim Picks for Race Weekend in PHX
Friday 6:30 AM picking up a weekend rental for a trip out to So. Cal. Got there at 6:15 and lot was pretty bare with typical altimas, camrys, sonatas, maxima (1), Equinox high miles (1), captivas, murano, compasses, rav4 xle (xm, sunroof, but no leather) almost took that but then at 6:25 they begin to pull up new return vehicles. Waited a few minutes and they pulled up 2 Explorer Limited and a Toyota 4Runner. Drove off with Explorer with 800 miles. VIP had Maserati ($100/day) and Premier had BMW 3series ($50/day). They would not budge at counter on giving BMW with no charge to Executive Elite.
Mar 14, 2015, 3:11 am
#402
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Friday 6:30 AM picking up a weekend rental for a trip out to So. Cal. Got there at 6:15 and lot was pretty bare with typical altimas, camrys, sonatas, maxima (1), Equinox high miles (1), captivas, murano, compasses, rav4 xle (xm, sunroof, but no leather) almost took that but then at 6:25 they begin to pull up new return vehicles. Waited a few minutes and they pulled up 2 Explorer Limited and a Toyota 4Runner. Drove off with Explorer with 800 miles. VIP had Maserati ($100/day) and Premier had BMW 3series ($50/day). They would not budge at counter on giving BMW with no charge to Executive Elite.
Mar 15, 2015, 2:45 pm
#404
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 136
How do you guys handle the insurance if you rent the Maserati? I usually rely on my Amex coverage but it specifically excludes Maserati (not to mention any car over $50k). Are you just counting on your personal insurance? I don't have a $100k personal car so I don't think my personal collision policy would cover the rental Maserati.